Years of growth have not muted Kenya's unemployment, particularly for the young

Kenyan workers prepare men's underwear at the Hela intimates export processing zone (EPZ) limited factory in Athi River, near Nairobi, Kenya, July 27, 2017. Picture taken July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

NAIROBI (Reuters) - At last count, unemployment in Kenya was running at around 11 percent of the workforce; for the young, those aged 15-24, it was twice that.

Kenya's years of strong economic growth -- a key factor in President Uhuru Kenyatta's reelection campaign -- has created jobs. But they are mostly low-paying, informal and coming at a rate economists say is too low to absorb the rapidly growing population.